Shingling-gage.



PATENTED JULY 30, 1907.

1). W. EDSON. snmeuue GAGE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1907.

, is desired to expose to the weather.

DANIEL EDSON, OF BROOKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHINGLING-GA GE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1907'.

Application filed March 25,1907. Serial No. 364,499.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL W. EDsoN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and Stateof Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShingling-Gages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shingle gages and has for its object theproduction of a gage adapted to be used in pairs to support a suitableguide board by which the distances between the courses of shingles beingattached to the roof or wall of a building, or in other words, thatportion of the shingles which is exposed to the weather, may beaccurately regulated.

The object of the invention is to provide a gage of this nature whichmay be readily attached to and disengaged from a shingle already laid,the gage being provided with suitable stops which will abut against thelower edge of the shingle which will accurately regulate the position ofthe lower edge of the next row of shingles by means of the guide boardsupported by adjustable members carried by said gage.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction andarrangement of parts which willbe readily understood by reference to thedescription of the drawings and to the claims hereinafter given.

Of the drawings: Figure 1 represents a view of a pair of gages embodyingthe features of the present invention applied to the roof or wall of abuilding showing the method of using the same. Fig. 2 represents anenlarged section through the roof of a building showing the gage appliedthereto. Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal section through the gage online 33 on Fig. 4, and Fig. 4 represents a transverse section throughthe gage on line 44 on Fig. 2.

Similar characters designate like parts throughout the several figuresof the drawings.

In the drawings, 10 represents the wall or roof of a building to whichthe lower courses of shingles 11 have been secured in the usual manner.The second course of shingles 12 must be laid in the usual manner bymeasuring the distance from the lower edge of the lower course for thepurpose of locating the lower edge of the second course, therebydetermining the amount of surface of said shingles in ,each course itThe second course 12 having been secured to the roof in this manner, thegage may then be used to determine the location of all of the othercourses.

The gage consists of a plate 13 the front edge of which is tapered as at14 so as to be more readily inserted beneath a shingle as for instance12, as shown in Fig. 2, the lower edge of the shingle abutting the edgeof a superimposed plate 15 secured thereto in any well-known manner, theplate 15 having upturned edges 16 and 17 which form suitable shouldersto limit the insertion of the plate 13 beneath the shingles 1.2.

.The plate 13 is also provided with an upturned edge 18 forming with theupturned edge 16 of the plate 15 a suitable channel in which is locateda member 19 provided with the pointed prong 20 which is adapted toengage the upper face of a shingle 12 when said gripping member 19 ismoved about its pivot 21.. The rear end of the gripping member 19 isprovided with a beveled or cam face 22 against which operates the end ofa locking plate 23 pivoted at 24 in the channel formed by the upturnedplates 18 and 16.

It is obvious that when the locking plate 23 is moved in the directionof the arrow a on Fig. 2 the pressure on the cam face 22 will be removedso that the gripping member 19 may be manually moved about its pivot 21to remove the pointed prong 20 from ongagement with the shingle 12 topermit the removal of the gage plate for insertion beneath anothershingle when it is desired to commence upon another course.

The gage plate 13 is provided with two openings 25 therethrough adaptedto receive a bolt 26 by which the spring presser plate or clamp 27 maybe secured thereto. This spring presser plate or clamp 27 has threadedto the rear end thereof an adjustable member 28 provided with a suitablehead 29 adapted to support a guide board 30 when inserted beneath thespring presser plate or clamp 27. This member 28 may I be adjusted inthe clamp 27 so that the operating edge of the guideboard 30 may be atany required distance from the abutments 31, thus regulating the amountof exposure to the weather of the courses of shingles being laid. It isobvious that as the board 30 is of equal width throughout its length theadjusting devices 28 must be similarly adjusted in both of the gagesused in connection with a guide board.

The guide boards usually used are either five or six inches in width andwhere the widest board is used the clamp 27 may be changed and securedby the bolt 26 to the rear opening 25 instead of in the one in which itis shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

The locking plate 23 has pivoted to its rear end a wire'hook 32 which isused to support the guide board when a single carpenter is using thegage, the object of this hook being to provide a ready means whereby thecarpenter at one end may lift the opposite end away from the support 29from beneath the clamp 27 and drop it into engagement with the book 32.Then by H without further description.

extend beneath an attached shingle; limiting stops on lar gage leavingthe guide board in the position shown I in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and2. The carpenter then goesto the opposite end of the guide board andlifting that end of the guide board from the hook 32 he disengages thegage from the shingle to which it is attached and reinserts it beneaththe shingle already laid in the course next above. The guide board isthen transferred into a position shown in full lines in Figs. 1 and 2,beneath the clamps 27 and against the adjustable stops 29 and the deviceis all ready for the laying of an additional course.

By the use of a device of this kind the repeated measuring of theshingles to locate the guide board and. the driving of nails through theweather port-ion of the shingles is entirely obviated which it isapparent is of a great advantage.

It is obvious that shingling may be more rapidly done with the use of adevice of this kind as several the features of this invention is in useIt is believed that the many advantages of a gage of this nature and itsoperation will be fully apparent Having thus described my invention, Iclaim: 1. A shingle gage consisting of a plate adapted to partly saidplate; a device on said plate for locking it to said shingle; a clampsecured to said plate for holding a guide board; and means for adjustingthe position of said board relative to said plate.

2. A shingle gage consisting of a plate adapted to partly f extendbeneath an attached shingle; limiting stops on: said plate; a device onsaid plate for locking it to said L shingle; a clamp secured to saidplate for holding a guide f board; and a threaded member secured to aprojection on f said plate for adjusting the position of said boardrelative to said plate.

3. A shingle gage consisting of a plate adapted to partly extend beneathan attached shingle; limiting stops on said plate; a device on saidplate for looking it to said shingle; a clamp secured to said plate forholding a guide board; and "a device secured to said clamp for adjustingthe position of said board relative to said plate a. A shingle gageconsisting of a plate adapted to partly extend beneath an attachedshingle; limiting stops on said extend beneath an attached shingle;limiting stops on said plate; a pivoted member on said plate providedwith a shingleengaging prong; a pivoted locltplate adapted to retainsaid prong in locked position; and a clamp secured to said plate forholding a guide board.

7. A shingle gage consisting of a plate adapted to partly extend beneathan attached shingle; limiting stops on said plate; a pivoted member onsaid plate provided with a shingle-engaging prong; a pivoted lock-plateadapted to retain said prong in locked position; a clamp pivotallyattached to said locleplate; and a hook secured to said plate forholding a guide board.

Signed by me at Boston, Mass, this 23d day of March,

DANIEL w. EDsoN.

Witnesses WALTER E. LOMBARD, EDNA C. CLEVELAND.

'45 plate; a device on said plate for locking it to said shingle

